Creature SH wrote:I think Starscream is an outcast because he's an egotistical ass.

QFT. If Skywarp is the reason Thundercracker hangs around, SS is one of the reasons 'Cracker has doubts about where he is.
I agree that Skywarp's not exactly an idiot, but 'not too bright' is the best way to describe him. I think it was in the episode 'B.O.T' where Swindle sold off the rest of the Combaticons for parts, and Megs sent Skywarp to investigate. He finds a trail of parts, and asks Megatron what to do, to which Megs replies "Follow the trail, dummy!"
One of the reasons I'd kill for a new G1 series bearing the original cast is that I know that they'd place more emphasis on characterization than the old one did, and Skywarp & 'Cracker could really benefit from that. I've always liked the fact that Skywarp could be one of the Decepticons' single greatest assets what with that teleportation ability (for which, in the cartoon, he had to request permission from Megatron to use on one occasion), and would be really deadly if he had any ambitions to power, or more common sense.
I'd love to see him expanded upon, perhaps in an IDW Spotlight issue. It would be great to see how he got the ability to teleport - that's a power far and away from any of the others' specialized weapons, and I imagine he was granted it at some point. Perhaps he volunteered for a dangerous experiment?
EDIT: The more I think about the experimentation idea, the more I like it. I think back to the first part of the Megatron: Origins comic, and how callously the workers were treated by the senate - maybe one of them acted up at one point and got incapacitated and 'chosen' for a risky procedure...
